2011 Alexandria bombing

2011 Alexandria bombing
Part of Persecution of Copts
LocationAlexandria, Egypt
Coordinates31°15′47″N 29°59′31″E / 31.26306°N 29.99194°E / 31.26306; 29.99194
Date1 January 2011 (2011-01-01)
00:20 (UTC+02:00)
TargetCoptic Christians
Attack type
Suicide bombing
Deaths23[1]
Injured97[2]

The 2011 Alexandria bombing was an attack on Coptic Christians in Alexandria, Egypt, on Saturday, 1 January 2011. 23 people died and another 97 were injured as a result of the attack, which occurred as Christian worshipers were leaving a New Year service.[1][3][4][5] The attack was the deadliest act of violence against Egypt's Coptic Christians in a decade, since the Kosheh massacre in 2000 left 20 Copts dead.[6] The target of the bombing was the Saints Church, a Coptic church located across the street from the Masjid Sharq El-Madina mosque.[7][8]

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  5. ^ "Egypt bomb kills 21 at Alexandria Coptic church". BBC News. 1 January 2011. Archived from the original on 1 January 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
  6. ^ Fahim, Kareem; Stack, Liam (1 January 2011). "Fatal Bomb Hits a Church in Egypt". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
  7. ^ "كتابات مصراوي – شاهد عيان : أول قتيل فى انفجار القديسين مسلم يبيع المصاحف". Masrawy. 3 January 2011. Archived from the original on 10 December 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
  8. ^ "نيابة الإسكندرية تستمع لأقوال راعي كنيسة القديسين وإمام مسجد شرق المدينة – بوابة الأهرام". Ahram. Retrieved 20 January 2013.